Episode 735 Charting the Elements Word Power

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Across
  1. 2. If you say that something is ______, you mean there is no point in doing it, usually because it has no chance of succeeding.
  2. 5. If you describe a rumor, belief, or feeling as ______, you mean that it is wrong and is not based on facts or evidence.
  3. 7. To be ______ across, on, or over something means to be written or shown on something in a very noticeable way.
  4. 9. If one group has ______ over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
  5. 10. If you ______ from known facts, you use them as a basis for general statements about a situation or about what is likely to happen in the future.
Down
  1. 1. ______ was a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
  2. 3. If one person refers to another as an ______, the first person is hostile towards the second person because that person has a different religion or has no religion.
  3. 4. If something is ______d by something newer, it is replaced because it has become old-fashioned or unacceptable.
  4. 6. ______ things are very basic or simple and are therefore unsatisfactory.
  5. 8. People sometimes refer to a foreign language, especially one that they do not speak or understand, as a ______.